Perspective workshops

This time we were given a short script and told to shoot the scene two ways - one where the camera was inside the space between the characters and the second one where the camera was behind the characters (over the shoulder). Choosing the perspective (inside or outside) creates different feels.

Being inside the space makes the viewer feel involved in the conversation. It also makes the conversation between the characters feel a bit more personal and intimate.

Taking the outside perspective approach makes the viewer an observer and the whole situation less intimate.

Next day we were handed the same script just told to film it on location instead of the studio we were filming before. 

I decided to film it in the little kitchen we have in our baseroom. Maybe they're flatmates that don't really know each other well (let's ignore the writing on the cabnet). I wanted to show that they get more personal when they start talking about what person A (Jess) does for living thus getting inside of the space between them and once person B (Lauren) makes fun of A's upbringing they get less personal. From technical side, I found it to be difficult to film in such a small space and even though we were told not to cram up against the walls, I still ended up being pressed against one in order to get a shot.